Background Although there are different ways to achieve the desired sex of the fetus, most of those are not completely effective. This paper reports a study on human to check the theories which hypothesize that high potassium maternal diet, douching with alkaline substance to change vaginal PH and intercourse around ovulation affects the sex ratio of the progeny MaterialsAndMethods A quasi-expe...

the tenth issue of our addiction journal (former version of pjam) was ready to be published in summer 2010, but some discussions regarding the journal at the national center for addiction studies created a disturbing atmosphere for members of the editorial office. as if there were no hopes in continuing to run this three year old journal. currently in 2013, after three years of hard efforts, th...

The first sign that a sea-urchin egg has been fertilized is a change in cortical structure which spreads over the egg surface from the point of attachment of the fertilizing spermatozoon (Rothschild & Swann, 1949). The velocity of propagation is not uniform, there being a reduction in rate when the change approaches the equator of the egg relative to the point of attachment of the spermatozoon,...

The neuropeptides substance P and neurokinin A are present in sensory airway nerves. Their effect on airway calibre was compared in six healthy non-smoking subjects and six asthmatic subjects. On separate days increasing concentrations (from 10(-9) to 10(-6) mol/ml) of each neuropeptide were administered by nebuliser and the airway response measured as change in specific airway conductance (sGa...

Substance abuse has been associated with cognitive dysfunction, such as problems with attention, reasoning, and memory. Certain psychiatric disorders also have been associated with cognitive difficulties, thus placing dually-diagnosed patients at high risk for cognitive impairment that could interfere with successful entry into or completion of therapy. Twenty-two dually-disordered inpatients w...